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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2014 Aug 1;21(10):1255–1261. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.05.013

Table 2.

Pectoralis muscles area (PMA) and subcutaneous adipose tissue area (SAT) in COPD subjects by gender

CT Measurement Female
Median (IQR)		 Male
Median (IQR)		 P
PMA at aortic arch, cm2 24.2 (19.5 – 27.2) 37.0 (31.1 – 40.7) <0.0001
PMA at supraesternal notch, cm2 39.8 (33.7 – 42.9) 63.0 (52.3 – 70.8) <0.0001
SAT at aortic arch, cm2 49.0 (35.2 – 68.7) 38.3 (24.9 – 49.9) 0.03
SAT at supraesternal notch, cm2 47.1 (28.2 – 64.3) 32.3 (23.0 – 51.3) 0.04

Missing PMA and SAT data at supraesternal notch level for 1 subject due to image truncation; CT= computed tomography